On This Page

Filter

These are the filters currently being used to limit the search results. Click on the
icon to remove the filter.

min answer › date of answer

2019-05-21

tabling member › label

Biography information for Gavin Robinson

Sort by

This list shows the properties that you can sort by. Click on to sort in ascending order and to sort in descending order. The properties that you're currently sorting by are
shown at the top of the list. Click on to remove a sort and or to reverse the current sort order. Click on the icon to remove all the sorting. Note that sorting can significantly slow down the
loading of the page.

View

Choose what information you want to view about each item. There are some pre-defined
views, but starred properties are always present no matter what the view. You can
star properties by clicking on the icon. The currently starred icons have a icon; clicking on it will unstar the property.

<p>HMRC estimates that up to 221,000 16 years may have experienced a delay in receiving
their automated NINo notification letter. Anyone who has not received their National
Insurance number letter and requires one, can contact HMRC’s helpline on 0300 200
3500 to arrange for one to be issued.</p>

<p>Following a change in the way in which HMRC issues NI number letters to young people,
there were some delays in issuing these automated letters. HMRC is now working to
send individuals their letters.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who has not received their automated
NINo letter and needs one, can contact HMRC’s helpline on 0300 200 3500 to arrange
for one to be issued.</p>

<p>Individuals, including 16 year olds, are able to start work or apprenticeships
without a National Insurance number (NINo) and advise their employer of it once they
receive it. Anyone who has not received their NINo letter and needs one, can contact
HMRC’s helpline on 0300 200 3500 to arrange for one to be issued.</p>

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) meetings, (b) correspondence
and (c) other communication occurred between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and
Baron Saville of Newdigate (i) before, (ii) during and (iii) after the Saville Inquiry
into Bloody Sunday.

<p>Information about correspondence and other communication between Mr Blair (as Prime
Minister) and Lord Saville (as Head of the Inquiry) is not readily available. The
information is contained in paper records of the Inquiry for a 12-year period and
records of the Prime Minister's Office covering a 10-year period. For this reason
an answer could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>

<p>Solar is a UK success story, having until now received 81% of the £5.9bn Feed in
Tariff scheme, which has enabled 6.5 GW of new renewable generation across the country.
In the future, our proposals for a Smart Export Guarantee will ensure that all small-scale
generators are paid for the power they export to the grid. This coupled with the fact
that residential solar panels are now over 50% cheaper than in 2011, makes solar more
accessible and affordable than ever.</p>

<p>The decommissioning of Abercorn Barracks was announced in the Better Defence Estate
announcement of 7 November 2016 (Official report, column 1286). The site was decommissioned
in 2018 however, there is continuing Defence requirement for the adjacent training
area (Ballykinler Training Centre).</p><p>In February 2019, the Ministry of Defence
also confirmed its use of Newtownards Airfield in Northern Ireland had ceased.</p><p>The
Department's intent remains to dispose of Kinnegar Logistics Base; plans to vacate
the site are still being developed.</p>

<p>For the position on the Type 31 Frigate programme, I refer the hon. Member to the
answer my predecessor gave to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field) on 13 May
2019 to Question 251904.</p><p>In respect of the Fleet Solid Support ships, subject
to normal approvals, we anticipate that a design and build contract will be awarded
in 2020. An announcement will be made in due course.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her
Department is taking to ensure that the Advertising Standards Authority bans adverts
with misleading descriptions, particularly in relation to broadband speeds.

<p>Advertising in the UK is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA),
the industry’s independent regulator, which enforces the Advertising Codes through
a system of self-regulation and co-regulation with Ofcom. The Codes apply to all media,
including broadcast and online. They incorporate all relevant legislation and set
standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere, including specific
conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility.</p><p>
</p><p>The ASA is recognised by the government, the courts and trading standards as
the ‘established means’ for the enforcement of misleading advertising, and the Codes
include rules designed to ensure that advertisers do not mislead consumers. It has
a range of sanctions it can take against non-compliant advertisers and, as a last
resort, can refer some to Trading Standards.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA and Ofcom have
both taken action in relation to broadband speeds. In May 2018, the ASA implemented
new guidance that requires broadband speed claims in adverts to be based on the download
speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time and no longer on 'up to'
speeds available to at least 10% of customers.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, Ofcom
introduced an updated Broadband Speeds Code of Practice, which all the major communication
providers have signed up to. Under this code, companies have to provide consumers
with a minimum guaranteed speed at the point of sale. If a consumer’s speed then drops
below this level, companies have one month to improve performance, before they must
allow consumers to leave their contract without penalty. This right to exit also applies
to landline and TV packages, which are purchased at the same time as broadband services.</p>

<p>If agreement is not reached on carry-over the Government will look to reintroduce
Bills in the next session, and details on this will be set out in the Queen’s Speech.</p><p>
</p><p>Introducing a new Agriculture Bill in the next session is an opportunity to
reflect on the scrutiny of the House of Commons and improve the legislation that will
underpin our new domestic agriculture policy.</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's
policy is on making the environmental principle of avoiding trans-boundary environmental
damage applicable in both England and Northern Ireland.

<p>Transboundary environmental damage is covered by the environmental principle of
prevention, which requires action to be taken to avert environmental damage rather
than to simply tolerate or rectify it after it occurs.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental
policy is a devolved matter, subject to a small number of areas that are reserved.
We have been working with officials in Northern Ireland to ensure that environmental
protection and governance in Northern Ireland can be safeguarded after our departure
from the EU.</p><p> </p>